SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDER INFORMATION

Here we keep a list of books we love for others to use when searching for quality reading material!

It helps me to keep a list of books I want to read or books that have been recommended by others. That way, when I go to the library, I am prepared. (If I don't have my list, I don't always remember which books I wanted to read.) Check out some of the recommended reading by other fifth graders!

BOOKS RECOMMENDED BY OTHER 5th GRADE STUDENTS

The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
Slob by Ellen Potter
Dark Life by Kat Falls
I Survived the Shark Attack of 1912
I Survived the Attack at Pearl Harbor
I Survived Hurricane Katrina
I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Brian's Winter by Gary Paulsen
The Cats of Roxville Station by Jean Craighead George
Bud Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carmen
Eighth Grade Bites by Heather Brewer
Ice Fire by Chris DeLacey
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Alec Flint by Jill Santopolo
Captain Underpants by Dave Pilkey
Dirt Bike Racer by Matt Christopher
Elly: True Story of the Holocaust by Elly Berkovits Gross
Fire Star by Chris DeLacey
Gregor and the Course of the Warm Bloods by Suzanne Collins
Kick Off by Tiki and Ronde Barber
Life at the Top: Discoveries in a Tropical Forest Canopy by Ellen Doris
Listen by Stephanie Tolan
Ninth Grade Slays by Heather Brewer
Red Dog by Bill Wallace


Books Recommended by Your Teacher

The Missing Manatee by Cynthia DeFelice
Remarkable by Lizzie K. Foley
Theodore Boone, Kid Lawyer by John Grisham
Theodore Boone, Abduction by John Grisham
Theodore Boone, The Accused by John Grisham
Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac
Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
Inside Out and Back Again
The Westing Game
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Touching Spirit Bear
The Winter Room by Gary Paulsen
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DeCamillo
Chomp by Carl Hiassen
Scat by Carl Hiassen
Hoot by Carl Hiassen
Remarkable by Laura Foley
Left for Dead by Peter Scott
Crispin and the Cross of Lead by Avi
The Good Dog by Avi
Hard Gold by Avi
City of Orphans by Avi
Chasing Lincoln's Killer
Little Vic (my favorite book when I was in fifth grade!)
Misty Orphan of Chincoteague
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
Ribsy by Beverly Cleary
Socks by Beverly Cleary


Other Recommendations



  • Harry Potter Series
  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series
  • The Tardy Boy Series
  • 39 Clues Series
  • Percy Jackson Series
  • Gary Paulsen books
  • Todd Strasser books
  • Young Scientist Series
  • Little Vic
  • Black Beauty
  • Misty, Orphan of Chincoteague
  • Chasing Lincoln's Killer
  • Dragon Egg
  • The Dragon of Lonely Island

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Picture Books We Love


The Girl Who Loved Horses by Paul Goble
No David! by
Anything by Dr. Seuss!
Oopsy Daisy's Bad Bad Day
Princess Smartypants
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs